Wheat Zucchini Bread

Part of what I love to do as a baker and as a Registered Dietitian is to take my favorite recipe and make it a tad healthier so that people with medical concerns can enjoy some yummies too! For this recipe I took my previously published zucchini bread recipe and tweaked it to have less sugar, use part whole wheat flour and switched out the vegetable oil for olive oil for added heart healthy unsaturated fats. I also used more egg whites over yolks which lowers the total cholesterol! I hope you enjoy this tasty modification!

ingredients 2 eggs and 2 egg whites, beaten 1 ½ cup sugar 1 cup olive oil 2 cups zucchini, finely grated 2 tsp vanilla 2 cups all-purpose flour 1 cup whole wheat flour 1 tbsp ground flax seed 1 tsp salt 1 tsp baking soda 1 tsp baking powder 3 tsp cinnamon

directions preheat oven to 350F grease two 8x4” loaf pans or four mini loaf pans and set aside finely grate zucchini until you yield 2 cups grated, ~2 medium zucchini in a large bowl, mix all wet ingredients mix all dry ingredients in a separate bowl sift dry ingredients in to wet stir dry ingredients in to wet thoroughly pour batter in to pans, bake for 50-60 min. enjoy!

Peach Berry Crisp

I can't believe we are almost at apple and pumpkin season! It seems like I didn't get quite enough time to enjoy all the berries and peaches the summer season has to offer. In order to hold on to the last little bit of summer I had to make one last dish, a simple peach and berry crisp using our homegrown peaches, blueberries and raspberries.

I have to say, I was on point today with my baking today. Even my "pea sized crumbles" were perfect!

This was a recipe from my head and it turned out to be incredible, maybe even one of the best things I've made so far! I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!

peach berry crisp
ingredients 3 cups ripe peaches, peeled and sliced 2 cups blueberries 1 cup raspberries 2 tbsp all-purpose flour 3 tbsp sugar 1 tsp allspice	directions preheat oven to 400F mix together flour, sugar and allspice in a medium bowl add peaches and berries to dry mixture and toss until evenly coated pour fruit mixture into center of ungreased baking pan top with crumb topping bake for 25-30 min or until slow bubbles form from fruit enjoy!
crumb topping
ingredients ¼ butter ½ cup all-purpose flour ½ c white sugar ½ c oatmeal	directions mix together dry ingredients cut in cold butter until pea sized balls form